Annual Report, Volumes 73-75U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 - Interstate commerce With appendices. |
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... compared with 1958 . The serviceable condition of locomotives and freight cars did not keep pace with the improvement in traffic offered the railroads . Un- serviceable locomotives increased from 8.6 to 8.7 percent of the total from ...
... compared with 1958 . The serviceable condition of locomotives and freight cars did not keep pace with the improvement in traffic offered the railroads . Un- serviceable locomotives increased from 8.6 to 8.7 percent of the total from ...
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... compared with corresponding periods of the previous year . Improvement in revenues began in the second quarter of 1958 and continued through the remainder of the year . With very little change in the number of carriers , the second ...
... compared with corresponding periods of the previous year . Improvement in revenues began in the second quarter of 1958 and continued through the remainder of the year . With very little change in the number of carriers , the second ...
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... compared with the first quarter , reve- nues were 10.1 percent higher , with a decrease of almost 1 percent in the number of carriers . The results of operations in the first half of 1959 , compared with January - June 1958 , by areas ...
... compared with the first quarter , reve- nues were 10.1 percent higher , with a decrease of almost 1 percent in the number of carriers . The results of operations in the first half of 1959 , compared with January - June 1958 , by areas ...
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... compared with 91 percent for 1957. Operating revenues of local and suburban carriers were 2.4 percent below 1957 , or $ 106.2 million as compared with $ 108.9 million , and with a decrease in operating ex- penses of 0.5 percent from ...
... compared with 91 percent for 1957. Operating revenues of local and suburban carriers were 2.4 percent below 1957 , or $ 106.2 million as compared with $ 108.9 million , and with a decrease in operating ex- penses of 0.5 percent from ...
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... compared with 1957. By navigation areas , the greatest decline in freight revenues occurred in the inter- coastal group , $ 16.9 million , followed by the Great Lakes , $ 6.2 million , and the Mississippi River and tributaries , $ 5.8 ...
... compared with 1957. By navigation areas , the greatest decline in freight revenues occurred in the inter- coastal group , $ 16.9 million , followed by the Great Lakes , $ 6.2 million , and the Mississippi River and tributaries , $ 5.8 ...
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Page 176 - ... substantially less than the entire length of its railroad and of any intermediate railroad operated in conjunction and under a common management or control therewith, which lies between the termini of such proposed through route, (a) unless such inclusion of lines would make the through route unreasonably long as compared with another practicable through route which could otherwise be established...
Page 169 - (9) The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to notes to be issued by the carrier maturing not more than two years after the date thereof and aggregating (together with all other then outstanding notes of a maturity of two years or less) not more than 5 per centum of the par value of . the securities of the carrier then outstanding.
Page 5 - Act, the right to apply to the entire Commission for rehearing, reargument, or reconsideration of a decision, order, or requirement of a division of the Commission in any proceeding shall be limited and restricted to those proceedings in which...
Page 57 - ... the transportation in interstate or foreign commerce performed by any motor carrier or class of motor carriers lawfully engaged in operation solely within a single State is in fact of such nature, character, or quantity as not substantially to affect or impair uniform regulation by the Commission of transportation by motor carriers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce in effectuating the national transportation policy declared in this Act.
Page 296 - The transportation of passengers or property in interstate or foreign commerce wholly within a municipality or between contiguous municipalities or within a zone adjacent to and commercially a part of any such municipality or municipalities...
Page 217 - Act of 1949, as amended; (5) procure services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 USC 55a), at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals...